Research interests:
Experimental models for the study of protein-nanomaterial interactions, molecular self-assembly at the nanoscale, nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine.
Latest publications:
- Cornwell SE, Okocha SO, Ferrari E (2023) Multivariate Analysis of Protein–Nanoparticle Binding Data Reveals a Selective Effect of Nanoparticle Material on the Formation of Soft Corona, Nanomaterials 13, 2901
- Ferrari E (2023) Gold Nanoparticle-Based Plasmonic Biosensors, Biosensors 13, 411
- Schneider N, Ferrari E & Soloviev M (2023) Quality control of gene expression data allows accurate quantification of differentially expressed biological pathways, Current Bioinformatics 18, 409-427
- Perrins RD, McCarthy L, Robinson A, Spry KL, Cognet V, Ferreira A, Porter J, Garcίa CE, Rodriguez MÁ, Lopez D, Perera I, Conlon K, Barrientos A, Coulter T, Pace A, Hale SJM, Ferrari E & Bachrati CZ (2022) Targeting Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles with cRGD Peptide Increases the Uptake and Efficacy of Cytotoxic Payload, Nanomaterials 12, 4013
- Odarchenko Y, Kaźmierczak-Bałata A, Bodzenta J, Ferrari E & Soloviev M (2022) AC/DC Thermal Nano-Analyzer Compatible with Bulk Liquid Measurements, Nanomaterials 12, 3799
- Schneider N, Reed E, Kamel F, Ferrari E & Soloviev M (2022) Rational Approach to Finding Genes Encoding Molecular Biomarkers: Focus on Breast Cancer, Genes 13, 1538
- Ferreira WT, Hong HA, Adams JRG., Hess M, Kotowicz NK, Tan S, Ferrari E, Brisson A, Zentek J, Soloviev M & Cutting SM (2022) Environmentally Acquired Bacillus and Their Role in C. difficile Colonization Resistance, Biomedicines 10, 930
- Soloviev M, Siligardi G, Roccatano D, Ferrari E (2022) Modelling the adsorption of proteins to nanoparticles at the solid-liquid interface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 605, 286-295
See also the page Publications. For the complete list of publications and citation data see google scholar 
Recent book:
Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine, Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 2118. Edited by Enrico Ferrari and Mikhail Soloviev, Springer Nature 2020
Positions:
2012-current: Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln (UK)
2009-2012: Postdoctoral fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (UK)
2007-2009: Postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Technologies and Nanoscience National Laboratory (TASC, Istituto Officina dei Materiali CNR), Trieste (Italy)
Research visits:
2008-2009: British council-Italy partnership programme, visiting researcher at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (UK)
2006: MIT-Italy partnership programme, visiting PhD student at the Biological Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
Education:
2004-2007: PhD in Nanotechnology, University of Trieste (Italy)
1995-2001: Laurea degree in Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Udine (Italy)
Research grants:
2015-2019: H2020-MSCA-RISE Immuno-NanoDecoder (Co-I, €441K)
2016: Tom West Analytical Fellowship, Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund UK (PI, £15K)
2009: British-Italian Partnership Programme for Young Researchers, British Council (PI, £6K)